My daughter-in-law has been a foster mother for almost 16 years and has had many children in her care in that time who have come from the most vile homes and have been so abused that one’s heart bleeds. Still, the state tries to get the parents to turn themselves around and change their lives so that they can have their own children back. It does not work in so many cases.
But all that said: this is not about other places and other people and other times. This is about a sick and vile and wicked demonic cult that has bred children for sexual exploitation for decades and has done every manner of vile and wicked things to the children and women and boys who are kept behind their iron curtain.
We know about them because of the escapees from behind the iron cutain of flds.
Now the State is doing what must be done. And God bless Texas for it!
If the allegations are correct, then Texas is doing the right thing. However, this is the crux of the matter. Is Texas following the rules?
Our legal system does not make provisions of allowing certain rights to those people we “like” and denying those same rights to people we “don’t like”.
When an agency that is ran by an un-elected official, who has power that has little or no check and balances, can arbitrarily decide to remove 462 children from a group of people - I question the authority.
If I am wrong (perhaps all 462 children need to be removed); a series of individual cases will confirm this. However, one kangaroo court case held over a 21 hour session on the day the invasion of the FLDS compound does not justify the actions taken.
However, if the court cases find 1 child that was forcibly taken without probable cause, and then held without probable cause - then civil rights have been violated. The backsplash will do several bad things.
1. FLDS will find a HUGE contribution into their coffers funded by the taxpayer.
2. Legal precedents will be set that will hamstring future endeavors, making law enforcement more difficult than it already is.
3. Other more violent cults will exploit the findings of the courts to protect their property while they train to kill innocent civilians (ie. Muslim extremists)
FLDS - follow the rules, obey the law.
CPS - follow the rules, obey the law
Texas - follow the rules, obey the law.